Booker Prize Winner Banu Mushtaq on Giving Voice to India’s Silent Sufferings Banu Mushtaq, a longtime women’s rights advocate and Kannada writer, has won the 2025 International Booker Prize for her collection of short stories, ‘Heart Lamp.’ The work, which draws from decades of listening to the silences and struggles of Indian women, has earned … Read more
Banu Mushtaq’s Fight for Muslim Women’s Rights Wins International Booker Prize Bengaluru: A trailblazing writer and activist from Hassan district in Karnataka, Banu Mushtaq is a multifaceted personality who has left her imprint across journalism, law, politics and women’s rights activism. But it is her powerful storytelling rooted in resistance, gender justice and social reform … Read more
Banu Mushtaq’s Fight for Muslim Women’s Rights Wins International Booker | Bengaluru News Bengaluru: A trailblazing writer and activist from Hassan district in Karnataka, Banu Mushtaq is a multifaceted personality who has left her imprint across journalism, law, politics and women’s rights activism. But it is her powerful storytelling rooted in resistance, gender justice and … Read more